The Holy Ordinances of Religion Are Free. Detail from The Fifteenth Amendment. Celebrated May 19th, 1870

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Title

The Holy Ordinances of Religion Are Free. Detail from The Fifteenth Amendment. Celebrated May 19th, 1870

Subject

African Americans, religion

Description

In this detail of his lithograph celebrating the ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment, James Carter Beard illustrated the ability of African Americans to take the pulpit and pastor churches in the South, where they had long been denied that right prior to emancipation.

Creator

James Carter Beard

Source

Library of Virginia, Prints and Photographs Division

Publisher

Thomas Kelly

Date

1870-1871

Contributor

Library of Virginia

Rights

CC BY-SA

Format

JPG

Type

Lithograph

Identifier

15 Amendment DET Church 13_1162_009

Coverage

United States